A total of 769 adult neurological patients hospitalised in clinics and
hospitals situated in the Lublin region (eastern Poland) were examined
during the years 1997-2000 with ELISA test for the presence of
anti-Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato antibodies. A statististically
significant (p=0.0422) relationship was found between the clinically
confirmed diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and the positive serologic
reaction with Borrelia antigen. Ten out 26 patients with multiple
sclerosis (38.5%) showed positive serologic reaction to Borrelia,
whereas among the total number of examined neurological patients the
frequency of positive findings was twice as low (19.4%). The result
suggests that multiple sclerosis may be often associated with Borrelia
infection
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11153045
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